- στυππεῖον
- στυππεῖον (-ίον, στιππυον)Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `oakum, tow, coarde fibre of flax or hemp' (Hdt., X., D., hell. a. late).Compounds: Compp., e.g. στυππειο-πώλης m. `oakum-dealer' (Ar., Critias, inscr.).Derivatives: στυππ-έϊνος (-ινος, στιπ(π)ύϊνος) `made of oakum' (Com. Adesp., hell. a. late).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Rare στύππ-η f. `oakum, coarse flax' (J. ap. Suid. s. v.), -αξ (also στύππαξ) m. joking short form for στυππειο-πώλης (Ar. Fr. 696); also στύπος = στύππη (κάλοι ἀπὸ στύπου Gal.). -- The rare στύππη, which from a Dorian colony in Lower Italy came in Latin (stuppa, stūpa; s. W.-Hofmann s. v.), was in Greek replaced by the derivation στυππεῖον (after the instr. nouns and other concreta in -εῖον); besides στίππυον (-ύον?; accent uncertain) after θρύον, γήθυον a. o. with concomitant dissim. στυππ- \> στιππ-. -- No certain agreement outside Greek. Of old (Curtius 216 a.o.) compared with Skt. stū́pa-, stupá- m. `crown' further connected with στύφω; s. v. -- Furnée 259 etc. compares τοπει̃̃ον `cord, rope' without further comment; if this is correct, it shows that the word is Pre-Greek. The variations show that the word is Pre-Greek (note π\/ππ). P. 366 n. 95 he noted "Der Fremdwortchrakter von στυππεῖον ist unverkennbar".Page in Frisk: 2,814
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.